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Today's PAD £2
Jan - £141
Feb - £139
March - £89
April £149
May - £79
June - £238
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee1 -
Wildflowers sound beautiful.
You are gently getting your house and garden back to what you'd like. It's all progress. It's hard enough for me - with just me in the house - I never made much progress when there was 4 of us at home.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
2) £1.3K Net savings after CCs 16/1/26 (but owed £1.1K) so £2.4K
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £34.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 40.6/£127.5K target 31.8% 16/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62.7K or 49.2%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/261 -
Thank you. We are making progress, and I do need to recognise it more. It's definitely harder with the others as they don't want to get rid of stuff!savingholmes said:Wildflowers sound beautiful.
You are gently getting your house and garden back to what you'd like. It's all progress. It's hard enough for me - with just me in the house - I never made much progress when there was 4 of us at home."Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
That’s so true, it’s almost impossible to organise other people into decluttering 😞Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
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It's very frustrating isn't it.WinterWarrior said:That’s so true, it’s almost impossible to organise other people into decluttering 😞"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee1 -
Today's PAD £11 (survey cashout)
Jan - £141
Feb - £139
March - £89
April £149
May - £79
June - £249
I should have added another £1
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
Well done with garden progress and PADs
Enjoy the garden at all stages of its improvement.If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
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Thank youdoingitanyway said:Well done with garden progress and PADs
Enjoy the garden at all stages of its improvement.
I certainly didbeanielou said:You will add the £1 tomorrow 😊
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee1 -
Today's PAD £15 (survey cashout
), yesterday £2
Jan - £141
Feb - £139
March - £89
April £149
May - £79
June - £266
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee1
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